San Francisco Bay Area

This Saturday I will be giving a public presentation, with video, at the Presidio Yacht Club in Fort Baker at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito. This place has special memories for me – last summer’s successful row from San Francisco to Hawaii launched from there. The presentation is free and will be followed by a “Santa Maria” Barbeque dinner downstairs … Continued

Woodside, near San Francisco, CA I was up at five o’clock this morning to drive up to town for my maiden row on San Francisco Bay. It was dark and cold as Quackers and I headed up I-280 and through the slowly-wakening city to South End Rowing Club. Paul greeted me at the door and showed me to our craft – a clinker-built wooden boat … Continued